Security Bulletin
Summary
Vulnerabilities identified in OpenSSL affect Cloud Pak System.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2023-2650
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when using OBJ_obj2txt() directly, or use any of the OpenSSL subsystems OCSP, PKCS7/SMIME, CMS, CMP/CRMF or TS with no message size limit. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/256611 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2023-0464
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error related to the verification of X.509 certificate chains that include policy constraints. By creating a specially crafted certificate chain that triggers exponential use of computational resources, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/250736 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2023-0466
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw in the X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy function. By using invalid certificate policies, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass certificate verification.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/251307 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2023-0465
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw when using a non-default option to verify certificates. By using invalid certificate policies in leaf certificates, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass policy checking.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/251293 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Cloud Pak System | 2.3.3.7, 2.3.3.7 iFix1, 2.3.3.7 iFix2 (Power) |
| IBM Cloud Pak System | 2.3.3.6, 2.3.3.6 iFix1, 2.3.3.6 iFix2 (Intel) |
| IBM Cloud Pak System | 2.3.4.0 (Intel) |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by applying the fix reported below.
This security bulletin applies to Cloud Pak System, Cloud Pak System Software, Cloud Pak System Software Suite.
IBM Cloud Pak System provides Cloud Pak System v2.3.4.1 with OS image Red Hat Enterprise Linux System 5.0.0.0 based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux v9.4 and IBM Cloud Pak System provides Cloud Pak System v2.3.5.0 with AIX OS IMAGE 3.1.3.0 based on AIX 7.2 TL5 SP8 with OpenSSL v3.0.x.
For Intel, upgrade to minimum Fix Pack required Cloud Pak System v2.3.4.0,
apply Cloud Pak System v2.3.4.1 at IBM Fix Central
information on upgrading here http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10887959
For Power, apply IBM Cloud Pak System v2.3.5.0 at IBM Fix Central.
information on upgrading here http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10887959
For unsupported versions the recommendation is to upgrade to supported version of the product.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
28 Oct 2024: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Modified date:
28 October 2024
UID
ibm17173083